Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-31398341-20171213055320

Mantine is a good Pokemon, but I find it sometimes hard to justify using when there is Lugia, which has better bulk, speed, or sometimes Multiscale. The main niche for Mantine is definitely Water Absorb and better defensive typing, which is very good for countering rain team. Rain countering and better defensive typing are somewhat solid niches, but competition with Lugia lowered its rank a bit. I am deciding between B- and B.

As of now, I would rank Mantine as B.

Mantine

Defensive Water Absorb : B